The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-12-24

Perhaps the most lucrative Office in the MI
tional government, next to the Presidency IT,
self, is the clerkship of the Supreme Court at
Washington. 1t yields an annual income In
fees Of from $4,000 to $4,000.
Isaac Clark, who since 1884, has been an 10.
mate Of the New Haven almshouse, is diving OF
old age, having lived one hundred and nine
years. He was born at Montauk Point, and in
early life was Nantucket sailor
A Boston man who Isl manufacturer OF
raspberry Jam says that no raspL erres at all
are used in making it. What is used, 1t APP
pears, are tomatoes, glucose and hayseed.
and little prepared raspberry flavor.
At Burg Hill, Ohio Charles Smith shot a
blue heron at his carp pond, and found forty
seven fish In Its stomach. From the appear
apce Of the carp they had just been swallow
ed, and constituted only one meal for the
bird
II Is said that the biggest price ever paid for
4 weanling colt was that paid by Arthur Cation
of Chicago, to J. v. Striker for Delphos, son
Of Natwood, aud Z grandson on his dams side
of Harold, the sire Of Maud g. He fetched at
auction $3.50.
A woman in red dress was walking In the
streets Of Zacatecas. Mexico, when bull, at
tracted by the scarlet color, rushed at her and
tossed her sky-hlgh. She allghted on the
ground on her bustle on the other side OF a
wall, and without Injury.
While log was being sawed through In a
North Michigan lumber camp the saw cut In
two large moccasln snake that was encased
in the heart Of the wood There was no open
Ing at either end Of the log, and the wonder is
how the snake got there.
A Silk dress coat has reached Boston and
made tremendous sensation among the dudes
Of the Hub. II is really handsome garment
made OF heavy, corded, lusterless silk, which,
at little distance, looks like the richest OF
black broadcloth. II is Paris fashion.
Portland, Ore, makes Its 100 saloons pay
e4S,000 into its treasury, and Portland land
lords charge the saloonkeepcrs rent TO the
amount of $4,000 yearly. This means that
. good many men in Oregon support the sa.
looms better than they do their families
Dr. Frantzcl, Of Berlin, reporting on the eff
feet OF tobacco on the heart, says that smok-
ing will not AFFECT person for many years,
and that then there will suddenly come a
trouble OF the heart. Common cigars he says,
are not 80 likely to produce the trouble as the
finer ones.
The furnishing OF gold and silver bars for
manufactoringspurpose is a growing busi-
ness at the Government Assay Office in New
York. During the past year these bars, to the
value Of elo, 00o, 900 have been sold for use In
arts and manufactures, an increase Of $4,000 :
900 over any previous year.
Burglars who entered the house Of . Pole In
St, Louis cut open . sock containing a Bible
a Mosaic charm against evil written on long
strip Of parchment. They were arrested while
attempting to escape, and say that they we're
frightened away by the charm, which gave
them shock when they touched II.
George Oglesby, Of Waco, Tex, has gone
into the bloodhound business, aud has the
finest kennel 10 ia United States. He is en-
courag,5 in his business by the increased fire.
quency OF deeds Of violence, and thinks that
II the revolver Law IL repealed, his dogs will
come In great demeud to hunt bad men with